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  • Actors: Michelle Williams, Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, Lynn Cohen, Mark Webber
  • Directors: Ethan Hawke
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Revolver Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 28 Jan 2008
  • Run Time: 113 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000YDAJL8
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,624 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Young love has rarely been as exhilarating--and as painful--as it is in Ethan Hawke's THE HOTTEST STATE. The Oscar-nominated actor adapts his own novel for the screen in this romance set in New York City. When 20-year-old William (Mark Webber, BROKEN FLOWERS) meets Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno) at a bar in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood, he falls fast and hard. He's an actor while she's struggling to be a singer, and their creative, nervous personalities make them a combustible couple. From their playful acting-out of their future break-up to the pain of the event when it actually occurs, their relationship is a series of highs and lows familiar to anyone who's felt the emotions of 20-something romance.
As a director and screenwriter, Hawke clearly admires his frequent collaborator, Richard Linklater. The pair has made many films together, most notably BEFORE SUNRISE and its sequel BEFORE SUNSET, and like these films, Hawke's THE HOTTEST STATE isn't driven by an elaborate plot. Instead, it relies on dialogue and on the relationship of its characters to move the film forward. The romance between William and Sarah feels genuine from its sweet inception to its heartbreaking end. Hawke has assembled a great cast here, including Webber and Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, but it's the women who play the couple's mothers who really shine. As Sarah's overbearing mother, Sonia Braga is captivating in her performance. In the small but pivotal role of William's mom, Laura Linney displays as much talent as she's brought to meatier parts in films such as YOU CAN COUNT ON ME. The film's soundtrack is just as impressive as its cast, with offerings from indie favourites such as Cat Power and Feist. Songwriter Jesse Harris wrote the songs, and they're the perfect accompaniment to this intimate film about love and heartbreak.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Hottest Movie, 14 Nov 2007
By D. J. Baird "DB1" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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I predict this gem of a film will become a big indie hit here in the uk. Directed and adapted by Ethan Hawke (from his novel of the same title) it is a touching and humourous take on first love and tells the story of an actor and singer in their early twenties, still hopefull about their future careers and coming to terms with baggage from their childhood and teen years.
The acting is excellent - Hawke plays the male lead's father, and the scenes in a chilly winter in NYC contrasts beautifully with a trip the young lovers take to Mexico, with Texas, 'The Hottest State' hovering between the two as a haunting lynchpin.
I read the book after seeing the film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and although the story and some of the dialogue remains, I'd rate the film higher than the book - very rare - for fleshing out the characters and places. The whole story seems better ordered on the screen somehow. I think most people will be able to appriciate the acute -and at times acutely painful observations made here.
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